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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 564-565]

    W. F. CASEY, an enterprising farmer of Cherokee Township, has been
    a resident of the county since 1878.  He was born in West Virginia,
    January 16, 1853, and is a son of JOHN and MATILDA (STONE) CASEY.
    In his infancy his parents removed to the State of Ohio, and after
    a short residence there they went to Illinois; thence they came to
    Iowa, and settled in Jones County, where they were pioneers.  The
    father died in 1859, and the mother is still living, making her home
    in Cherokee County.  W. F. CASEY was brought up on a farm, receiving
    the training usually given a farmer's son; the pioneer schools to
    which he had access afforded very limited advantages.  As before
    stated, he came to Cherokee County in 1878; he first bought the
    EAGLE farm, north of the town of Cherokee, and a year later ex-
    changed it for a portion of his present farm.  He afterward was
    enabled to make an addition to his farm, and now owns 160 acres
    in an advanced state of cultivation.  The residence was built at
    a cost of $1,200, and the barn is large and conveniently arranged.
    One hundred and thirty acres are under cultivation, and the remain-
    der in pasture.  Mr. CASEY was married March 2, 1878, to Miss LIZZIE
    B. BROOKFIELD, a daughter of MAHLON and SARAH (HOWARD) BROOKFIELD,
    the father was a native of Canada, and the mother, of one of the
    Eastern States.  Mr. and Mrs. CASEY have had born to them one child,
    VEDA, born October 13, 1888.  Mr. CASEY affiliates with the Republi-
    can party, and is a strong advocate of the Prohibition movement.  He
    is a worthy and consistent member of the Free Methodist Church, of
    the Le Mars and Western Iowa Conference.  He has served as class-
    leader of the church, and has ever done his duty in advancing
    Christianity.

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